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Following months of delay, the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) has written Vreed-en-Hoop primary school head teacher Alvin Johnson stating that it has found no valid reason to vary its decision not to grant his application to be promoted to head Leonora Primary School.

In an effort to boost activities in the local mining sector the governments of Guyana and China on Monday signed an agreement to facilitate Chinese geologists working here.

A 31-year-old man yesterday collapsed and died in his yard at 64 Sixth Street, Alberttown and relatives believe he ingested a poisonous substance.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) says that its Compliance and Arrears Collection Unit is in the process of issuing warning letters to several businesses that have not taken corrective action in spite of the advice of the VAT and Excise Tax Department.

With piracy a recurrent problem, the Ministry of Agriculture announced on Monday that plans are in place to eliminate the incidence of hijackings, in the long term, by further increasing security arrangements with fishermen and the Ministries of Agricul-ture and Home Affairs and the coast guard of the Guyana Defence Force.

Significant emphasis will be placed this year on revitalizing in excess of 1000 co-operative societies countrywide as the first step toward ensuring that they operate in conformity with the Co-operatives Act, Labour Minister Manzoor Nadir has said.

The Region Seven administration has planned a series of exercises to make Bartica more visible and attractive for the influx of visitors expected for the Cricket World Cup (CWC).

An 11-year-old girl is still a patient at the Skeldon Hospital after she was brutally raped last Saturday by a man who has since been placed in police custody.

Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan yesterday refused bail to two men who allegedly carried out a brazen robbery at a doctor’s Camp Street clinic just over a week ago and another man who was charged with them on another robbery charge.

Up to press time last night the remaining five Mazaruni Prison escapees were still at large but members of the Joint Services are confident that they will be caught by the end of today.

Fertilizers and pesticides are zero-rated according to the Value Added Tax Act and as such do not attract VAT, the Ministry of Agriculture reiterated yesterday in a press release.

A man who allegedly obtained $2 million from another man after pretending that he was in a position to purchase crashed cars for him was yesterday granted $200,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

A man who allegedly broke into a recently-opened store and stole large amounts of cellular phones and other items amounting to over $5.6 million was yesterday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

Magistrate Fazil Azeez yesterday sentenced a man, who admitted having in his possession a utensil used for smoking, to one year imprisonment when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court.

Four men yesterday appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer, separately, to charges of having carnal knowledge of two teenaged girls and a woman.

Justice BS Roy awarded a $35 million judgement to Bob Dhoray of Harvey’s Electrical and General Store against Komall Lochminarain of the Full Range Record Shop at the January 3 sitting of the Commercial Court.

A man who allegedly wounded another man five months ago causing his death was yesterday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Members of the Joint Services yesterday managed to capture four of the nine prisoners who broke out of the Mazaruni Prison on Friday.

As Georgetown and the rest of the coast grapple with the Value Added Tax (VAT), there have been few changes in prices of items sold in the border community of Lethem though businesses are warning consumers of increases in prices soon.

Permanent Secretary in the Office of the President Dr Nanda Gopaul has instructed the Government Information Agency (GINA) to withdraw advertisements from the Stabroek News, in an attack on the free press, this newspaper has said.